Many of you will have attended sessions at this year’s incredible advocacy conference. A number of the workshops and sessions are available to re watch, so if there was something that you wished you’d got to, or a session you’d…
Read More National Advocacy Conference 2020 and Advocacy Awareness Week
Congratulations to all the organisations who have gained the Advocacy QPM in 2020 VoiceAbility Engaging Communities Solutions POhWER Asist Help and Care Diverse Cymru Harrow Mencap Embrace Wigan and Leigh Advocacy Focus Advocacy in Greenwich Mental Health First Aid Wales…
On the 15th October the government updated the guidance in relation to MCA and DoLS. This includes updates to the section in the additional guidance document, ‘Continuing to carry out your role as a DoLS independent mental capacity advocate (IMCA)…
Read More Updated guidance on the MCA and DoLS during the pandemic
ADASS has worked in partnership with representatives of advocacy agencies and the wider health and social care sector to develop a new paper that provides background about advocacy and outlines 6 sets of actions which leaders, commissioners, and managers in…
We know that the value and potential contribution of advocacy at all levels to making safeguarding personal is significant and that developing a clearer understanding of the definition and purpose of advocacy and the legal rights and responsibilities associated with…
Read More Strengthening the Role of Advocacy in Making Safeguarding Personal
